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UPDATE:  RESTORING JACK’S LAKE as of JULY 2010


The total estimated cost of the Lake Project is $1.3 million.  We have raised more than $175,000, and will need additional help from private donors, businesses, and community foundations!

Summer  2010: Steps in Progress

The Alliance’s Accomplishments

Project Overview

The dredging plan, the drain outlet design, and are nearing completion in filing the necessary permits with various agencies. You may have seen the recent press detailing the new three-stage approach,

1. Drain the lake, remove failing mortar, re-mortar and re-cap the dam.

2. Contour the lakebed to increase the depth and correct the banks. This will control the water temperature and reduce incursion of non-native plants. The intention is to return the lake to nearly five acres in size.

3. Restore the footpath, restore the eroded gullies and re-vegetate the land uphill in order to reduce erosion. Interpretive signage will also be designed and installed.

This new approach is a great way to break the task into three manageable sections, with the added advantage of strengthening the dam prior to reshaping the lakebed.